Volunteering Archives - The Montgomery Canal

12 September 202512 September 2025

Another successful Montgomery Canal Triathlon

The Montgomery Canal was crowded on Saturday 6 September 2025 for the annual Montgomery Canal Triathlon organised by the Friends of the Montgomery Canal in aid of the canal’s restoration.

The 149 people who took part had the choice of entering one, two or three sections ‒ by bike, by canoe and on foot ‒ and over a hundred completed all three.

21 May 202521 May 2025

Groups welcomed aboard at Llanymynech

Volunteers at the cross-border canal wharf at Llanymynech welcomed a group of canal enthusiasts from Manchester and another from Stourbridge recently.

The popular visitor centre offers short narrowboat trips on the Montgomery Canal on the border between England and Wales and is a popular destination for visitors to the area.

10 September 2024

MPs visit Llanymynech Canal Wharf

A popular cross border group that runs canal boat trips between England and Wales at Llanymynech has celebrated becoming part of a registered charity.

Volunteers run boat trips at weekends every summer aboard the George Watson Buck narrowboat starting at Llanymynech Canal Wharf.

17 July 202417 July 2024

Could you care for your local canal?

Volunteers sat outside Llanymynech Canal Wharf building

Two community based voluntary organisations that work on the Montgomery Canal in the border area between Welshpool and Oswestry are calling on local people to join them.

You will know that much voluntary work goes into restoring the old sections of the Montgomery Canal but volunteers are equally responsible for much ongoing care and maintenance of the canal.

29 June 20241 July 2024

Schoolhouse Bridge officially opens

Following a successful £1.1 million project supported by people across the country, its reinstatement was marked on 28th June by Anna Turner JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire.

A plaque was unveiled by the Lord-Lieutenant to celebrate the culmination of years of planning and fund-raising by local canal charities working together as Restore the Montgomery Canal!